Duke Kahanamoku retained the 100 m swimming title he won before the war.
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At the age of 72, Sweden's 100 metre running deer double-shot event champion Oscar Swahn won in the team event to become the oldest Olympic champion ever.
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New candidacies from American cities didn't have that disadvantage though, and bids were received from Cleveland, Philadelphia and Atlanta, and Cuba also planned a bid for Havana.
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23-year-old Paavo Nurmi won the 10,000 m and 8,000 m cross country races, took another gold in team cross country, and a silver in 5,000 m run.
Kaw and Muller were both inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, and Muller also won acclaim as the silver medalist in the high jump at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
born 10 March 1898 in Boshof, Free State, Attie van Heerden participated in the 400-metre hurdles in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
The events held at this Games were not the first figure skating events contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had also been on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
On April 29, 1920 he won a silver medal with the (11-member) U.S. ice hockey team at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
Because of the success of the Spanish national team in the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, football exploded throughout Spain.
He is the son of Émile Hamilius (1897 – 1971), himself a former DP politician and Mayor of Luxembourg City (1946 – 1963), as well as having competed at the Summer Olympics (in 1920), like his son.
By doing so, Jin also became the first person to win the men's 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same Olympics and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one Olympics, being the first man to have done so since Otto Olsen of Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The squad, coached by Francisco Bru, won the silver medal at the 1920 Olympic Games.
Eight years later, in Antwerp, he won a bronze medal in the men's singles event.
He was Honorary Physician to the British Olympic team at the 1920 Summer Olympics (Antwerp) and to the Irish teams at the 1924 Summer Olympics (Paris) and 1928 Summer Olympics (Amsterdam), the first two occasions on which an independent Irish team competed.
Karl Wilhelm Konrad Arwe (28 January 1898 in Ölserud, Sweden – 8 April 1980) was a Swedish ice hockey player who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Winter Olympics.
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In 1920 he was a member of the Swedish ice hockey team which finished fourth in the Summer Olympics tournament.
That team went on to represent Canada in the 1920 Olympic games held in Antwerp, Belgium.
Zeke Sanborn was a member of the rowing team for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.
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The individual fixed small bird event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The individual moving bird at 28 metres event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The individual moving bird at 33 metres event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The team fixed large bird event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The team moving bird at 33 metres event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The team moving bird at 50 metres event was part of the archery programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Howard Baker represented Britain at both the 1912 and 1920 Olympic Games.
Bernard "Berend" Carp (April 17, 1901 in Sragi, Lampung, Dutch East Indies - July 22, 1966, Aerdenhout) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium.
The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's 50 kilometres event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's individual time trial event was part of the road cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's sprint event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's tandem event was part of the track cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's team time trial event was part of the road cycling programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
He sought to represent the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, but was ruled ineligible due to his Canadian citizenship.
Born in Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle he competed for France in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Géo André, Maurice Delvart and André Devaux in the men's 4 x 400 metre relay event.
Baron Marie Jules Henri de Castex (born July 13, 1854, date of death unknown) was a French sports shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Ilmari Vesamaa (December 4, 1893, Artjärvi – January 24, 1973) was a Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Johan Robert "Joop" Carp (January 30, 1897, Tjomal, Dutch East Indies - March 25, 1962, Johannesburg) was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Ostend, Belgium.
When Brazil was present at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium the Brazilian athletes took with them some shuttlecocks for amusement on the ship and during the intervals between games.
The men's coxed fours event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's coxed pairs event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's eight event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
The men's single sculls event was part of the rowing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics.
She joined the Los Angeles Athletic Association in 1932 so that she could compete on the track team and met Aileen Allen, an Olympic diver in 1920, who encouraged to try and make the Olympic team and coached her.
He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where he placed fourth in Greco-Roman middleweight, after losing the bronze match to Masa Perttilä.
30 and 40m2 classes were accepted to the 1920 Summer Olympics, but only a handful of boats participated.
He had qualified for and was preparing to participate in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp when he was involved in a serious car accident.
One notable figure was Mike Goodman, a former member of the Winnipeg Falcons who won the gold medal in hockey for Canada in the 1920 Summer Olympics; he served the Seminoles as player-coach.
Jacob Walter "Wally" Byron (September 2, 1894 – December 22, 1971) was a Canadian ice hockey player of Icelandic and English decent, who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Willem "Wim" Hesterman (26 November 1897, Amsterdam – 2 December 1971, Amstelveen) was a Dutch boxer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics.